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While trawling for camera sales information I came across this page http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/2016-companies-market-shares-japan/ and down the page they show the compact cameras..... here's a clip in case the page moves on or changes......

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Casio seems to consistently do well at home, pity that they don't try to sell them all over the world. Yes, I do realise that the whole market is shrinking, but the sales ranking surely is encouraging.

Regards..... Guy
 
At least they could try to find a local EU distributor and sell on the net only, maybe spice it up with *bay auctions with a low starting price. Wouldn't have to cost much to generate some interest. If quality is high any problems could just be solved by giving a new unit and throwing away the old one. But I guess Casio lacks the ambition.
 
Guy, very interesting. I presume these are share by total value sold, rather than by number of units sold.
 
Thanks, Guy. It's interesting to see that Casio is a pretty close third to Canon and Nikon in that class. So curious that, having done such a lot of lateral thinking to get such useful results from digital techniques, and having closed camera distribution in the EU, USA, and Australia, it hasn't at least listed an email source in Japan.
 
Cyril Catt said:
Thanks, Guy. It's interesting to see that Casio is a pretty close third to Canon and Nikon in that class. So curious that, having done such a lot of lateral thinking to get such useful results from digital techniques, and having closed camera distribution in the EU, USA, and Australia, it hasn't at least listed an email source in Japan.
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Guy Parsons said:
Guy Parsons said:
Cyril Catt wrote: Thanks, Guy. It's interesting to see that Casio is a pretty close third to Canon and Nikon in that class. So curious that, having done such a lot of lateral thinking to get such useful results from digital techniques, and having closed camera distribution in the EU, USA, and Australia, it hasn't at least listed an email source in Japan. -- Cyril
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Possibly the only way from Japan is finding eBay contacts or some buying service that will seek anything and send. Might not be cheapest way though. Regards.... Guy
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Ostensibly, according to its website, Casio Camera's Australian agent stocks the ZR 65, ZR2000, ZR5000, TR70, and TR200. But although its website no longer lists any Australian retailers, the agent will not sell directly to the public.

So presumably 'Australian' websites offering Casio cameras must be selling grey market stock, with no certainty of warranty, and limited chance of recompense under Australian law. So in the apparent inability to deal direct with an official Casio Camera website, it would be useful if Casio nominated the websites of reliabl vendors in Japan, willing to deal with overseas buyers of Casio cameras
 
Cyril Catt said:
Guy Parsons said:
Cyril Catt said:
Cyril Catt wrote: Thanks, Guy. It's interesting to see that Casio is a pretty close third to Canon and Nikon in that class. So curious that, having done such a lot of lateral thinking to get such useful results from digital techniques, and having closed camera distribution in the EU, USA, and Australia, it hasn't at least listed an email source in Japan. -- Cyril
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Possibly the only way from Japan is finding eBay contacts or some buying service that will seek anything and send. Might not be cheapest way though. Regards.... Guy
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Ostensibly, according to its website, Casio Camera's Australian agent stocks the ZR 65, ZR2000, ZR5000, TR70, and TR200. But although its website no longer lists any Australian retailers, the agent will not sell directly to the public.

So presumably 'Australian' websites offering Casio cameras must be selling grey market stock, with no certainty of warranty, and limited chance of recompense under Australian law. So in the apparent inability to deal direct with an official Casio Camera website, it would be useful if Casio nominated the websites of reliabl vendors in Japan, willing to deal with overseas buyers of Casio cameras
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Paxtons seemed to be the only sellers in Sydney but they were bought out by Teds Cameras in late 2016 and later reverted to Teds. The Sydney Wynyard and Hornsby stores closed forever, the others no idea. Teds don't advertise any Casio.
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Thanks, Guy. I didn't realise that. Failing to find a ZR850 in Oz, I got a ZR800 from Paxtons.
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Oh well, I do want yet another holiday to Japan so may try again there (when?). So far bought ZR100 and ZR850 there over the years.

The EX-V8 and ZR200 bought at Paxtons and a second V8 via a one man local seller from Hong Kong (I suspect he was a visiting Hong Kong student at Wollongong Uni, now gone home) plus a ZR1000 from Hong Kong via a company that I will never use again as they seem to be idiots.

Out of all those Casios only the ZR100 developed any problem and that was a tiny oil spot on the rear lens after maybe 2 years. The quote to fix was a significant portion of a new one so didn't bother.

The Aussie importer shriro.com.au lists Paxtons and Michaels as stockists but Paxtons don't exist any more and Michaels don't list any Casio.

Ages ago I tried emails to Shriro but they never replied, just now tried their on-line query service and that failed to function.
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I found the same lack of interest from Shriro. They did reply to a couple of queries, only to say they didn't sell to the public, and to go to Paxtons or Michaels, when they must have been well aware those retailers were not stocking the models I was seeking
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I guess that's the end of Casio cameras altogether in Australia, so either find a good alternative brand that is sold and serviced here, or take the chance on importing from Japan/Korea/Hong Kong. Regards..... Guy
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That's my conclusion as well. Although another trip to Japan might also serve!
 
It is a shame (they are not readily available), But Casio is still alive, kicking, and making good gear. Trouble is, it doesn't wear out! GRIN. I use my z1080 as a in the rain camera, and my 850 as a walk around 'travel' camera. When I retire to the near Basque Country next spring, I won't have access to the Casios!
 
I picked up the Casio Exilim EX-ZR850 while in Japan a few years ago and I have to say, you get a lot of value for the price. I can't claim to be an expert but it takes extremely good quality RAW photos.
 
lynnfredricks said:
I picked up the Casio Exilim EX-ZR850 while in Japan a few years ago and I have to say, you get a lot of value for the price. I can't claim to be an expert but it takes extremely good quality RAW photos.
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We also bought the ZR850 in Japan in late 2014, got a good price by showing the Yodobashi store their own online price and they eventually agreed to match that.

I've never tried the raw files on the ZR850, probably after initial disappointment with ZR1000 raw files.

But a recent try again with ZR1000 raw files saw better results so may borrow my wife's ZR850 and see what it does.

Question is, which raw converter?

Sadly DxO doesn't see Casio DNG files so I last used Silkypix V5.

Regards.... Guy
 
rube39 said:
It is a shame (they are not readily available), But Casio is still alive, kicking, and making good gear. Trouble is, it doesn't wear out! GRIN. I use my z1080 as a in the rain camera, and my 850 as a walk around 'travel' camera. When I retire to the near Basque Country next spring, I won't have access to the Casios!
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Here in Oz no access either. But there's always the Hong Kong online sellers....
Regards.... Guy
 
Guy Parsons said:
In looking about I stumbled on Adobe's list of supported cameras for DNG and what of their software versions are minimum for each https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html#Casio

Not a Lightroom user, but I guess that's the only one that handles all those DNG files.

Regards..... Guy
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SilkyPix seems to do lens corrections and right now they have one of their regular sales on the homepage. Otherwise RawTherapee seems to work but without automatic lens corrections.

/Anders
 
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